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The Great Movies is the name of several publications, both online and in print, from Roger Ebert, an American film critic and columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times. The object was, as Ebert put it, to "make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema", [ 1 ] by writing essays on films Ebert considered particularly well-made, important ...
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-bərt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author.He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
Casablanca (1942) was voted the greatest American film by readers of the Los Angeles Daily News in 1997. [213] Vertigo (1958) topped the Sight & Sound critics' poll in 2012 with 191 votes. [1] The Godfather (1972) was selected as the greatest film by 2,120 industry professionals in a Hollywood survey undertaken by The Hollywood Reporter in 2014 ...
Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times for nearly half a century, and a game-changing television presenter, died Thursday at the age of 70. Ebert had been in ill health for some time.
A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film [3] written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.Set in 1967, [4] the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesotan Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith.
Roger Ebert died on April 4, 2013, and on July 27, his widow, Chaz Ebert, requested that Strawberry Alarm Clock perform at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills as part of a tribute to her late husband. Strawberry Alarm Clock played a half-dozen songs, followed by a screening of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
The 400 Blows is widely considered one of the best films ever made; in the 2022 Sight & Sound critics' poll of the greatest films ever made, it was ranked 50th. [6] It ranked 33rd in the directors' poll on the same list. It is the first in a series of five films in which Léaud plays the lead character.
A reference to Siskel & Ebert can be heard in the 1989 film, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. At one point during a high speed chase, Captain Harris shouts: "Look out for Gene and Roger's fruit stand!" [35] This was because Siskel and Ebert hated both the cliché of fruit stands being destroyed in movie car chases and the Police Academy film ...